Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 41 VTMBH Article: Article Order 9 VTMBH Article: Title Filipino supporters blame Gonzalez defeat on lack of support from Fil-Am community VTMBH Article: Author Anthony D. Advincula VTMBH Article: Publication Filipino Express VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section elec02 VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Several Filipinos blamed Charley Gonzalezs lopsided loss to Hispanic Democrat Jose Peralta on the lack of support from the Filipino-American community. Gonzalez, who was a strong bet to be the first Filipino state Assemblyman for the 39th District in Queens, had unofficial returns of 2,020 votes (26 percent) against Peralta with 5,721 votes (76 percent). The truth is that we never really supported Charley to win in the race. Not because he is not competent to do the job, but we dont like one of our own kind to be known, to be successful in his political career said 66-year-old Gloria Mabalis of Forest Hills. This boils down to the crab-mentality of Filipinos. Gonzalezs supporters also added that very few Filipino-Americans made financial contributions to his electoral campaign. Of course, we didnt compel anyone to donate for a Filipino candidate. But this is just a reflection that Filipinos are not united and solid. Unlike the Hispanic community, where the spirit of oneness is very strong, said Armando de Leon, of Rego Park. De Leon, 49, said that Filipinos will always have a hard time producing leaders because of pride and jealousy between them.Lets face it. Filipinos somehow have a damaged culture. We prefer to support someone from a different ethnic background, if not an American, he said. Gonzalez, however, could not be reached for comment. Meanwhile, a Filipino-American voting organization said that the loss of Gonzalez, or of any other Filipino-American candidate in this election, can be attributed to several factors, and not solely to the lack of support from the Filipino community. Its a fallacy to say that we dont support Charley, or other Filipino candidates for this matter, said Milagros Nuyda, spokesperson of Filipino American Voters Association (FAVA). We should also look into the disparity of potential voters for Charley and his opponent. It is possible that there is a bigger Hispanic population in Queens that voted for Peralta than Filipinos for Gonzalez. The organization added that there may be more Filipinos in the Queens area, but they may not be legitimate voters. We should remember that neither permanent residents nor undocumented Filipinos can vote, said Nuyda. And most of the Filipinos are very much focused on how to earn money. Instead of going to the voting precincts, they rather prefer to proceed to their workplace and beef up their checks. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-08 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 44 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Filipino supporters blame Gonzalez defeat on lack of support from Fil-Am community 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-08